The pipeline giant Energy Transfer paid a mercenary security firm to use Facebook to fuel divisions between an Indigenous-led movement and its mostly white, rural neighbors. Personnel working for the private security contractor TigerSwan described their divisive propaganda plans in WhatsApp chats and emails that Drilled and High Country News published at the end of […]
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The Climate Movement Isn’t in Retreat, It’s Under Attack…and It’s Time to Fight Back | Newsletter
In 2020, a source shared a presentation with me from an internal branding workshop they’d been asked to attend for bp. It was fascinating for a number of reasons, not least because it indicated that the oil major felt genuinely threatened by a surprising new enemy: young people. There have always been ebbs and flows […]
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What the Greenland Story Is Really About: The Network State, Technofeudalism, and End Times Fascism
Silicon Valley elites want to “disrupt” democracy with feudalism. Understanding their new and evolving ideology is critical to grappling with what’s happening in the U.S. today.
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The Fossil Fuel Industry Hasn’t Come Up With a New Story in 100 Years, Why Do Climate Folks Find It So Hard to Keep Up?
The fossil fuel industry has been shifting between the same five stories for at least a century. The climate movement needs its own narrative arsenal.
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Everything You Need to Know About Project 2025’s Plan for the EPA
The details of Project 2025 plans on climate, and for the EPA.
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Newsletter: Campus Protests, Climate Crackdowns, and More
Student protests have always terrified powerful interests
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Newsletter: Climate Litigation Update, From Hawaii to Switzerland
Recent rulings, motions, and the latest with RAGA
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Newsletter: How Extractive Industry Won the War on ESG
Extractive industries’ ability to quickly vilify an idea they embraced for years shows us just how good these guys are at controlling the narrative.
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What Role *Should* the Fossil Fuel Industry Play on Climate?
Can we just take the money and leave the terrible ideas?